Police: Man throws feces, steals purse

A Gainesville man was arrested early Wednesday after being charged with domestic battery and stealing his wife’s purse, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.

Andrew Scott Hopler, 36, of Southwest 13th Street, argued with his wife outside their apartment when he threw his wife’s purse in her face. He went inside while his wife walked away, police said.

A girl in the home heard banging in the kitchen and went to investigate. Hopler yelled at her and knocked over the dining room table and chairs and a trash can and punched a framed picture, breaking the glass, the report said.

Hopler yelled about when their dog had been outside last, the report said, then threw dog feces at the girl, hitting her face and hair.

Hopler then ripped his wife's purse off her shoulder and left the apartment with it, police said.